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globalisation

noun
/ˌɡləʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɡloʊ.bə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/CA/ˌɡləʉ.bə.lɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From global + -isation or globalise + -ation. Popularized by German-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School Theodore Levitt.

  1. derived from globus
  2. derived from globe
  3. derived from globe
  4. inherited from globe
  5. formed as global — “globe + -al”
  6. formed as globalisation — “global + -isation”

Definitions

  1. The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

  2. The process of the world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models, according to…

    The process of the world economy becoming dominated by capitalist models, according to the World System Theory.

    • Sure, globalization as flows of trade will continue. But globalization as the driving logic of world affairs — that seems to be over.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA